White House: 375,000 Visits to Healthcare.gov

AP (Dec. 2, 2013) &#151; The White House says the government&#039;s health care website received 375,000 visitors on Monday by noon. That&#039;s a surge in use on the first business day since officials declared the service able to accommodate a vast majority of users. (Dec. 2)

Obamacare Website Faces Crucial Weekend After Technology Overhaul

Reuters (Nov. 30, 2013) &#151; Americans are getting their first peek at the revamped Healthcare.gov website, the glitch-laden system that is the backbone of President Obama&#039;s landmark healthcare overhaul. Karen Hendren reports.

Data Ecosystem: How Connectivity Will Change the World

FORA.tv (Mar. 20, 2013) &#151; Swissnex San Francisco
The advance of health devices is giving the world greater capability to track physiological data and create new systems of personalized health. According to ABI Research, the total number of wearable devices with fitness and wellness applications in 2012 was 30 million, a 37% growth from 2011. The market is expected to grow at an average rate of 41% per year, leading to 169.5 million devices shipped in 2017. With the multiplication of data available across emerging channels, what are the opportunities and challenges facing the healthcare industry? How can people analyze and make sense of the data? What will the data tell us? What are the advantages and risks for individuals to rely on healthcare devices? Our highly qualified panelists, with deep expertise ranging from high-level technical issues to user behavior, measurement and social insights, will explore the future of the data-driven health era.

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